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CHINAS FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER HEADS FOR WESTERN PACIFIC
BEIJING -- China's first aircraft carrier has set off for the Western Pacific for an open-sea training exercise, the Defense Ministry said... READ MORE›
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS EVOKES EUROPES DARKEST HOUR
In Europe, we benefited from humanitarian assistance and the acceptance of refugees after the disaster that was World War II, Mr. Roth said... READ MORE›
CHINA SHOULD BE DENIED ACCESS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS
Trump secretary of state nominee China should be denied access to South China Sea islands... READ MORE›
JAPANS LOWER HOUSE PASSES BILLS TO GIVE MILITARY FREER HAND TO FIGHT
It complements guidelines in a bilateral agreement governing how Japanese and United States forces work together, which was signed by the two nations this year... READ MORE›
QUEEN TO LEAD 70TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS
In Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe marked the date by expressing profound grief at his country's actions in WW2... READ MORE›
U.S.A. VS. JAPAN: WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FINAL 2015
It is the third time the United States has won the Women's World Cup and the first since 1999... READ MORE›
CHINA CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLES
China Can't Have Access to South China Sea Isles, Says Tillerson... READ MORE›
ANOTHER AERIAL CLOSE CALL AS RUSSIAN JET BARREL-ROLLS OVER U.S. AIRCRAFT
In October, U.S. Navy jets intercepted two Russian Tu-142 aircraft that were flying near the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean... READ MORE›
SUPERCARRIER FORD TO JOIN NAVY FLEET IN SEPTEMBER
Hide Caption 23 of 29 29 photos U.S. aircraft carriers The Essex-class USS Franklin burns after being hit by a Japanese dive bomber in 1945... READ MORE›
CHINA AIR FORCE HOLDS DRILLS NEAR JAPANESE ISLANDS
Patrols launched to monitor foreign military aircraft flying over the East China Sea air defence identification zone... READ MORE›
JAPANS CABINET ROCKED BY NEW CLAIMS OF LINKS TO NEO-NAZIS WHO TARGET THE ETHNIC KOREAN POPULATION
Please read our Japan's government is weathering accusations of links to far-right groups that promote racism and hate speech... READ MORE›
EUROPE'S CURRENT ANTI-MIGRANT RHETORIC CARRIES ECHOES OF 1930S ANTI-SEMITISM
Even during World War II, let alone before it started, antisemitism was rife in American political and public life... READ MORE›
JAPAN MARKS 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMBING
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that as the sole country to face nuclear attack, Japan has the duty to push for nuclear weapons elimination... READ MORE›
70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA
Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE›
7.8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS ECUADOR - VIDEO
At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrified residents dashing from their homes... READ MORE›
WHY DO WE LOVE THE SPITFIRE?
Britain stepped up the production of fighter planes building them faster than Germany... READ MORE›
AS ECONOMY FALTERS MILITARY PARADE OFFERS CHANCE TO BURNISH CHINAS IMAGE
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1. ARE THE ECUADOR AND JAPAN EARTHQUAKES RELATED?
Here are five things to know about recent earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S EMPEROR STRIKES MORE APOLOGETIC TONE THAN ABE OVER SECOND WORLD WAR
Beijing says Japan has yet to confront atrocities it committed after invading parts of China in the 1930s... READ MORE›
THE NINE MOST WARMONGERING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD REVEALED
Overall, Japan is ranked as the eighth-most peaceful country in the world, second only to New Zealand in the Asia-Pacific region... READ MORE›
RUSSIA DEPLOYS GROUND-ATTACK AIRCRAFT TO SYRIAN BASE
But American officials said there were no immediate plans for Mr. Carter or Gen... READ MORE›
US-ARMED SYRIAN REBELS 'HIT RUSSIAN HELICOPTER WITH MISSILE'
A US-armed Syrian rebel group claims it has hit a Russian military helicopter with an anti-tank missile, forcing it to make an emergency landing... READ MORE›
'WE CAN DO IT!' HUNDREDS DRESS UP AS WWII ICON ROSIE THE RIVETER
They'd just tentatively broken the Guinness World Record for most Rosies in one place since WWII... READ MORE›
EMPEROR OFFERS REMORSE FOR JAPANS WAR ROLE
Emperor Akihito, whose father announced his exhausted country's surrender in World War II, expressed "deep remorse" ..... READ MORE›
WITHOUT OBAMA ABES APPROACH TO US-JAPAN TIES MAY BE TESTED
But the alliance with the United States remains the bedrock of Japan's security, and none of its leaders are currently considering any other significant alternative... READ MORE›
THE WEATHER IN SYRIA IS GREAT FOR AIRSTRIKES, SAYS RUSSIAN TV STATION
October in Syria is a great month for flying a Russian TV weather forecaster explained during a report Sunday... READ MORE›
WWII TANK WAS STASHED IN 78-YEAR-OLD'S CELLAR
Prosecutors meanwhile are investigating whether possession of the tank torpedo anti-aircraft gun and other weapons violates Germany's War Weapons Control Act... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S 105-YEAR-OLD GOLDEN BOLT BEATS HIS OWN WORLD SPRINT RECORD
Hidekichi Miyazaki, probably the fastest of Japans 60,000-plus centenarians, says he can keep going for another few years after taking up running aged 90... READ MORE›
REX TILLERSON IN JAPAN SAYS US NEEDS DIFFERENT APPROACH TO NORTH KOREA
Mr. Tillerson again reaffirmed the United States' commitment to the defense of Japan... READ MORE›
BEIJING MEMO CHINA PUSHES BACK AGAINST US INFLUENCE IN THE SEAS OF EAST ASIA
How the South China Sea would operate with a dominant China is a matter of debate... READ MORE›